China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Indo-Japan Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) are playing to their strengths as the competition for Africa heats up.

With all avenues to an easy de-escalation now blocked, President Trump’s latest round of tariffs suggests that the US-China trade war is here to stay.

After decades of progress, democracy is backsliding worldwide. At what point will people rise up and put a stop to it?

Washington has been making minor inroads into Central Asia, but will it be enough to stave off diplomatic irrelevance vis-à-vis China and Russia?

Two divergent views of ‘denuclearization’ were on display in failed US-DPRK talks over the weekend.

President Trump underestimated the resolve of EU policymakers, and consumers worldwide are about to pay for it.

A linguistic conflict risks plunging Cameroon into civil war and further destabilizing a vulnerable region.

In the fourth article of our series on South China Sea claimants, we examine the historical reasoning, diplomacy, and military dimensions of the Philippine claim.

It’s hard to separate the reality from the hype surrounding Mexico’s new president.

A historic drought is bringing water pressures to the fore in Iran and adding to the authorities’ growing list of troubles.